Verba

girls:

603 births since 1897

#5113 (11th percentile)

overall:

603 births since 1897

#7136 (8th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Verba is the #7,136 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 603 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,113 (10.5% percentile) for all time with 603 births since 1897.

Verba first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (first recorded for girls in 1897). Birth data for Verba is available in 48 out of the 64 years between 1897 and 1960. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Verba reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #580) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 30 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1960.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Verba".

1897 1960 18971960

Key Statistics

Total Births
603
Peak Births
28
Peak Year
1927
First Recorded
1897
Peak Percentile
3.8%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#580
Current Rank
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Verba

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Verba. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 75.6% confident that Verba is pronounced as VER-buh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VAIR-buh, at 13.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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75.6%
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11.1%
VER-buh (2 syllables)
75.6% confidence
V ER1 B AH0
VAIR-buh (2 syllables)
Verified
13.3% confidence
V EH1 R B AH0
VER-bah (2 syllables)
11.1% confidence
V ER1 B AA0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

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For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

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